**Exhibit
      31.1**


**INDEPENDENCE
      LEAD MINES COMPANY**





**December
      31, 2007**





**CERTIFICATIONS**





I,
      Bernard C. Lannen, certify that:





1.
      I have
      reviewed this annual report on Form 10-KSB of Independence Lead Mines
      Company.





2.
      Based
      on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue statement of
      a
      material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
      made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made,
      not
      misleading with respect to the period covered by this annual
      report;





3.
      Based
      on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
      included in this annual report, fairly present in all material respects the
      financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows of the small business
      issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this annual report;





4.
      The
      small business issuer’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for
      establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
      in
      Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial
      reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-a5(f) and 15d-15(f) for the
      small business issuer and we have:





a)
      Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
      controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision to ensure that
      material information relating to the small business issuer, including its
      consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,
      particularly during the period in which this annual report is being
      prepared;





b)
      Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal
      control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to
      provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting
      and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance
      with generally accepted accounting principles,





c)
      Evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuer’s disclosure controls
      and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
      effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the
      period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and





d)
      Disclosed in this report any change in the small business issuer’s internal
      control over financial reporting that occurred during the small business
      issuer’s most recent fiscal quarter (the small
      business issuer’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that
      has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
      small
      business issuer’s internal control over financial reporting; and





5.
      The
      small business issuer’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on
      our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to
      the
      small business issuer’s audit committee of the small business issuer’s board of
      directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):





a)
      all
      significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation
      of
      internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to
      adversely affect the small business issuer’s ability to record, process,
      summarize, and report financial information; and





b)
      any
      fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees
      who
      have a significant role in the small business issuer’s internal control over
      financial reporting.


Date:
              March 24, 2008
            
            /s/ Bernard
              C. LannenPresident